Thomas Hardy
  • 1. When was Thomas Hardy born?
A) 1830
B) 1850
C) 1860
D) 1840
  • 2. Which novel by Thomas Hardy features the character Bathsheba Everdene?
A) Far from the Madding Crowd
B) Jude the Obscure
C) The Return of the Native
D) Tess of the d'Urbervilles
  • 3. In which county is Thomas Hardy's fictional Wessex located?
A) Hampshire
B) Dorset
C) Devon
D) Somerset
  • 4. What was Thomas Hardy's occupation before becoming a full-time writer?
A) Clerk
B) Architect
C) Teacher
D) Doctor
  • 5. Who is the tragic heroine in Hardy's novel 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'?
A) Tess Durbeyfield
B) Eustacia Vye
C) Sue Bridehead
D) Bathsheba Everdene
  • 6. What is the title of Thomas Hardy's final novel, published posthumously?
A) Jude the Obscure
B) The Return of the Native
C) Far from the Madding Crowd
D) Tess of the d'Urbervilles
  • 7. Which Thomas Hardy novel tells the story of Michael Henchard, a man who sells his wife and daughter while drunk?
A) The Mayor of Casterbridge
B) Jude the Obscure
C) Tess of the d'Urbervilles
D) Under the Greenwood Tree
  • 8. What political office did Thomas Hardy unsuccessfully run for in 1880?
A) County Sheriff
B) Justice of the Peace
C) Parliament
D) Mayor
  • 9. Who is the tragic hero in Thomas Hardy's 'Jude the Obscure'?
A) Alec d'Urberville
B) Gabriel Oak
C) Michael Henchard
D) Jude Fawley
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